Football season kicks off again this week, and many fans will be heading out to local sports bars to check out the games. This year, however, is special because the Rams are back and L.A. finally has a team again.

So with that in mind, here are a few standout sports bars in the area to catch the home team on TV.

Legends Sports Bar

A giant screen covers one wall while TVs and sports memorabilia line the rest of this busy Long Beach bar. It bills itself as “the first modern sports bar in America” for its early use satellite technology to broadcast live sports from around the world.

It’ll also be a place where Rams fans will feel at home, since it was founded in 1979 by former Rams offensive lineman Dennis Harrah and his business partner John Morris.

Flights Craft Beer & Sports Grill

This bar takes two things very seriously: beer and sports. There are 40 beers on tap including local brews, saisons, strong Belgians and rare lambics.

This is a hometown sports bar focusing on the Dodgers, Kings, Ducks and now the Rams. It has wallto-wall 60-inch TVs, including a projector that covers a little more than half of the back wall. Once the season starts, expect brunch specials while games are on during the weekends.

Lake Alice

Locals refer to this massive two-story place as a dive bar, but it’s really a busy sports bar that gets packed on game nights. There are 17 TVs here showing all of the games going on along with 50-cent wings for Monday and Thursday night games and beer specials. You can make it an all-day thing too, since the bar opens at 9 a.m. for Sunday football.

Pechanga Resort and Casino

Gambling isn’t the only thing going on at this casino, since sporting events are on all the TVs here all the time. During football games, casino employees will often wear their team’s jerseys to get into the competitive spirit and people can request specific games on the TVs. One of the best locations to watch football at Pechanga is at the Round Bar, which is a central and busy spot at the casino. There’s also Kelsey’s, the casino’s more upscale pub. There are 16 42-inch TVs around the restaurant and bar and another three 6-by-8-foot projection screens as well as 48 beers, mostly micro-brews, on tap.

Barney’s Beanery

Yes, this may be a larger chain, but if you’re a football fan you’ll be glad that there’s one near since each spot has more than 60 TVs tuned into all the games. Football fans can watch games from couches to feel more like they’re at home — or from booths, tables or the bar. There are also specials during the games like $12 PBR pitchers on the weekends and $1 off all draft beers on Mondays.

Rocco’s Tavern

A “Welcome Home Rams” sign adorns the patio fence of the Studio City Rocco’s, so it’ll likely be filled with Rams fans once the season gets going. They’ll be fueled not just by the excitement of all the games on the various TVs but by pretty generous Happy Hour specials. At the Culver City location for example Thursday and Monday night games fall right in the middle of the daily 3-7 p.m. Happy Hour, when you get two drinks for the price of one.

The same deal is available in Studio City Rocco’s from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. daily and 3-7 p.m. on the weekends.

Pineapple Hill Saloon

4454 Van Nuys Blvd, Sherman Oaks, 818-789-0679.

This dimly lit bar located in a shopping plaza may not seem like a good sports bar at first, thanks to its old school look, low-key feel and relatively small TVs.

But don’t be fooled, on game nights a big projection screen covers an entire wall and features whatever the main game is that day, which at this place usually means the Vikings, since this is where fans of the team usually gather in the Valley. Make sure to also try the homemade salsa and chips.

The Garage Motor Club

This Palms neighborhood spot is divided into two distinct areas. There’s the more upscale pub called the Motor Club and the car-themed Garage bar down a narrow hallway which is where the football fans will be. There are more than a dozen TVs in the spacious spot that gets packed and so loud during games that it almost feels like you’re at the stadium. There’s also stuff to do after the game since there’s a ping-pong table on the patio for those still pumped up with excitement and the more relaxing pub down the hall for those that need to wind down a bit.

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